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POSTPONED: 2020 TESOL-JALT International Mind, Brain, and Language Education Symposium

Saturday, June 20th, 2020, Time TBA

Speaker: TBA

This event has been POSTPONED until 2021 due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus).
Please see jalt-tesol.org, the symposium website for details.

For the first time ever, TESOL International is coming to Japan to work with JALT. The conference will be held June 20-21, 2020 at Kyoto Sangyo University. The conference theme is how brain sciences, psychology, and neuroscience can help us become better teachers.

The first day, Saturday, will be the TESOL Symposium Day, with three plenary speakers from abroad doing workshops in rotation.

The second day, Sunday, will be organized by the JALT BRAIN SIG, with numerous events.

For details, please see jalt-tesol.org, the symposium website.

Organization: Mind, Brain, and Education Special Interest Group of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Mind, Brain, and Education SIG of JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: early bird 2-day: 12,000 yen (US$110) for TESOL or JALT members
Non-members: early bird 2-day: 15,000 yen (US$135); for other options, please see the symposium website

Venue: Kyoto Sangyo University (map)

Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Contact Mind, Brain, and Education SIG of JALT

Curtis Kelly, Brain SIG coordinator